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Title: A History of Writing by Steven Roger Fischer ISBN: 1-86189-101-6 Publisher: Reaktion Books Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great intro to epigraphy and the history of scripts
Comment: Remarkable for its breadth, this work presents a concise history of writing authored by a linguist well known for his work on the Rongorongo script of Easter Island (Oceania's only pre-twentieth century writing system) and with the enigmatic Linear B script of Crete. Fischer's approach is essentially to circumscribe writing systems to a geographical area and then discuss their evolution within a chronological context. The author is adroit at synthesizing and drawing parallels from disparate writing systems but the books principal strength is in unfolding the development of scripts and exploring how graphic expressions of speech are manifested in various logographic, syllabographic, and alphabetic writing systems. The development of Babylonian cuneiform from its ancestral pictographs, the Phoenician and Etruscan roots of modern Latin scripts, and the evolution of the Standard Arabic script from its Nabataen origins serve as examples. The book is well endowed with illustrations of scripts, alphabets, inscriptions, glyphs, typefaces, and other source material. Linguistic terms are explained thoroughly as they are being introduced however the book would have benefited from inclusion of a glossary. Engagingly written, this book will appeal to anyone interested in linguistics and the historical development of writing systems.
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Title: A History of Reading (Globalities) by Steven Roger Fischer ISBN: 1861891601 Publisher: Reaktion Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: A History of Language (Globalities) by Steven Roger Fischer ISBN: 1861890516 Publisher: Reaktion Books Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence by Andy Clark ISBN: 0195148665 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Darwin and Design : Does Evolution Have a Purpose? by Michael Ruse ISBN: 067401023X Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Language Visible : Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z by David Sacks ISBN: 0767911725 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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